Are Thursday night games increasing injuries to players with the short turnaround? : nflhttp://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/NFL: National Football League News & Discussionhttp://www.reddit.com/reddit.com.header.pngAre Thursday night games increasing injuries to players with the short turnaround? : nflhttp://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/Are Thursday night games increasing injuries to players with the short turnaround?http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/Fri, 04 Oct 2013 10:54:08 -0700<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>With both QB injuries last night in addition to a handful of other injuries, do the Thursday night games have any contribution in this?</p> <p>I have no data in front of me, so I don&#39;t know if Thursday night is contributing an average amount or higher to player injuries, but what do you guys think?</p> <p>It&#39;s at least worth looking into. Though the NFL wouldn&#39;t want it to even be discussed, given the extra revenue from adding a Thursday night game each week.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="http://www.reddit.com/user/CelebornX"> CelebornX </a> <br/> <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/">[link]</a> <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/">[8 comments]</a>http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/ccldbwnCha_Doy on Are Thursday night games increasing injuries to players with the short turnaround?http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/ccldbwn2013-10-04T20:55:38.999136-07:00Both of those QB injuries were caused by getting hit while trying to get the extra yards, would've happened if the same plays happened any other day. Now if people were pulling hamstrings left and right, then there might be something to look into.http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/cclel9bxXFlashXx on Are Thursday night games increasing injuries to players with the short turnaround?http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/cclel9b2013-10-04T22:27:06.183052-07:00I cringe every time Alex Smith scrambles because I am fearful something like that could happen to him. I worry about Rodgers when he has to take off because Green Bay's line can be a little wacky, at times.http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/cclj9iyaristocrat_user on Are Thursday night games increasing injuries to players with the short turnaround?http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/cclj9iy2013-10-05T07:34:32.008117-07:00We hawks are afraid of that too.http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/ccle7w2nitram9 on Are Thursday night games increasing injuries to players with the short turnaround?http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/ccle7w22013-10-04T21:57:28.115043-07:00People ask this every time there's big injuries on Thursday but no one ever brings actual Data to the conversation. Until someone does we'll never know.http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/cclen4y7thprez on Are Thursday night games increasing injuries to players with the short turnaround?http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/cclen4y2013-10-04T22:31:25.769998-07:00No, but some insiders, like John Clayton, are more concerned the lack of contact leading up to regular season play is causing more injuries.http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/cclf1j0majinbooboo on Are Thursday night games increasing injuries to players with the short turnaround?http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/cclf1j02013-10-04T23:04:43.029412-07:00Some people need to learn how to slide properly and others have to learn when to just go out of bounds.http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/cclomadSouth_of_Heaven on Are Thursday night games increasing injuries to players with the short turnaround?http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/cclomad2013-10-05T12:45:31.141264-07:00The change in rules of having to go low instead of high is more to blame than the day of the week that the game is played. When the change in rules was made to try to discontinue players from tackling the upper body and head, the rate in which injuries to the legs rose in turn. I am not advocating either over the other, any injury whether to the head or knee is not a desirable result, but the reality is that legs/heads weren't meant to take 250 plus pounds flying into them.http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/ccljyrscourser on Are Thursday night games increasing injuries to players with the short turnaround?http://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/1nqj37/are_thursday_night_games_increasing_injuries_to/ccljyrs2013-10-05T08:22:48.385690-07:00The eye test says yes, but I have no idea about the actual stats. I'd be inclined to blame the longer off-season and corresponding drop in conditioning, ADDED to a short rest week, though, given how many injuries we also saw in preseason.